Ben Henley

Ben Henley

Dr Henley is a Research Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne and a Lecturer in palaeoclimatology at Monash University. He is the Research Fellow for the Victorian Drought Risk Inference Project (VicDRIP) and is investigating decadal climate variations, megadrought risk and hydrological impacts using multi-proxy palaeoclimate records, observed data and climate model simulations.

Bio

Dr Henley is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Lecturer at Monash University and an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Dr Henley received his PhD in hydrology and climate variability from the University of Newcastle (Australia) in 2012. He has worked in both academia and industry investigating hydro-climatic variability and water resource system performance, including hydrological modelling underpinning major water planning decisions. Dr Henley’s research interests include: decadal climate variability and climate change, the climate of the past 2000 years, the evaluation of large-scale climate circulation modes in climate models, hydrological modelling for water supply planning and the impacts and palaeoclimate context of anthropogenic climate change.

Teaching

Palaeoclimatology, (Semester 1, 2018, 3rd year, 22 Lectures, 11 Seminar-workshops, 20 hrs Pracs), Course development, Course coordinator, Chief Examiner and Lecturer, Monash University, Australia. Synopsis: Palaeoclimatology is the study of changes in climate taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth. The unit will provide an introduction to the methods of past climate reconstructions and the most important climate proxy records. It will discuss the evolution of the Earth climate from the formation of Earth to the present with a particular focus on the history of mankind and how this relates to future anthropogenic climate change. It will discuss the physical processes causing past changes in climate on a number of time scales.